Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

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Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast episodes

  • A trio of poems by Kelly Showker, Lawrence Bridges and James Morehead

    Three poems introduced and read by the poets are featured on this episode of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast. The poems can also be read online:

    • Kiboko Boy by Kelly Showker: https://viewlesswingspress.com/kiboko-boy-by-kelly-showker/
    • You’ll find yourself who? by Lawrence Bridges: https://viewlesswingspress.com/youll-find-yourself-who-by-lawrence-bridges/
    • the green line by James Morehead: https://viewlesswingspress.com/the-green-line-by-james-morehead/

      • James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

      Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

      Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit.

      12 min
    • Ruchi Acharya, Founder of Wingless Dreamer, on Creating a Community of Poets and Artists

      Ruchi Acharya is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wingless Dreamer, a global platform for those passionate about writing, art, and design; a space where authors and artists are free to express themselves.

      Ruchi is an Oxford University summer graduate in English Literature. She has been a contributor to multiple journals The Pangolin Review, Muddy River Poetry, Borderless Journal, and Mulberry Literary review among 50 others.

      In this episode Ruchi discusses the creation of Wingless Dreamer, her poetry and reads two of her poems:

      • https://borderlessjournal.com/2021/06/14/o-mother-o-father/
      • https://chasingshadowsmag.wixsite.com/magazine/post/my-dream-lighthouse

        • Follow Ruchi Acharya on Instagram (@ruchi_acharya) and the website: ruchiacharya.com.

        James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

        Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

        Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit.

        22 min
      • Composer Deon Nielsen Price on Creating the Music for "gallery"

        Poet James Morehead and composer Deon Nielsen Price discuss how they collaborated to create "gallery", a piece for baritone and piano based on Morehead's poem of the same name. The piece will be premiered in The Presidio Chapel, as part of a free series of concerts, in San Francisco on November 14, 2021. Dr. Price also talks about how she discovered a passion for performing and composition, and her approach to creating music.

        Read more about Don Nielsen Price: culvercrest.com/deonprice/bio.html

        James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

        Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

        30 min
      • Viewless Wings Scary Poetry Contest Winners Read by the Poets

        This special episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast features the winners of the Viewless Wings Scary Poetry Contest reading their selected poems. Each poem is unique. The poems are on display Oct 14-31 at the F.CO. Art Gallery for the Scary Art Show in Dublin, California.

        These poems will haunt you, each eerie, beautiful and timeless. Visit viewlesswings.com to learn more about these wonderful poets, and to submit your poetry for possible inclusion in a future Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast episode. The four winning poets featured in this podcast:

        - First Place: "Bogeyman" by Jennifer deBie (jenniferdebie.com)

        - Second Place: "Death March" by Jessica Sabo (@pookajunebug)

        - Honorable Mention: "Maggie, the pious" by Rebecca Thrush (@rebeleigh92)

        - Honorable Mention: "What Happened in Room 210 of the Haunted Stanley Hotel" by Morgan Liphart (morganliphart.com)

        The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast host James Morehead also reads his poem "ghosts of bodie, california" (published in Wingless Dreamer's anthology "The Book of Black")

        James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

        Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

        Episode cover art copyright Sawsan Wolski

        Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit.

        11 min
      • Writing an ekphrastic poem including examples by James Morehead

        James Morehead, Poet Laureate of Dublin, California, discusses using art as an inspiration for poetry (known as ekphrastic Poetry). James reads and discusses two of his poems, "landscape (after bert weir)" (published by Wingless Dreamer in their Spring Anthology) and "carved" (published in James' debut book "canvas: poems").

        James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

        Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

        9 min
      • That time I was left for dead downstage

        James Morehead, Poet Laureate of Dublin, California, reads and discusses his poem "That time I was left for dead downstage" (Read the poem Prometheus Dreaming: https://www.prometheusdreaming.com/that-time-i-was-left-for-dead-downstage).

        James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

        Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

        6 min
      • Poet and Musician Lisa Marie Simmons on the Intersection of Poetry and Song

        Lisa Marie Simmons is a Boulder Colorado native, singer/songwriter, essayist, and published poet currently based in Italy. She recently joined the Grammy award-winning artists signed to the American label Ropeadope Records who released her poetic/musical album NoteSpeak in March 2020, which received a four-star review from the iconic Downbeat magazine.

        The American debut of NoteSpeak was at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder Colorado in September 2017. She was invited to be a speaker and performer at the 70th Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado in April 2018. In November 2019, she presented NoteSpeak in Italy, Austria, and Prague. In January 2020, she presented NoteSpeak in India on the Jaipur Music Stage.

        James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

        Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

        Follow Lisa Marie Simmons on Twitter (@hippietend) and Instagram (@lisa_mariesimmons), and on the web:

        • lisamariesimmons.com 
        • https://henryhargreaves.com/no-seconds
        • https://linktr.ee/LisaMarieSimmons
          • 32 min
        • Poet Bianca Amira Zanella on Virtual Open Mics and the Healing Power of Poetry

          Bianca Amira Zanella is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland and host of an international monthly open mic. Her poems have most recently appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. In 2020, Bianca founded The Paper Poet, now offering healing poetic experiences to anyone experiencing suffering and continues to perform around the United States and, virtually, abroad.

          James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

          Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

          Bianca Amira Zanella's website: https://www.thepaperpoet.com/

          29 min
        • Ryan McRee (Writer, Director, Dramaturg, Poet) on the Art of Reciting Poetry

          Ryan McRee is a writer, dramaturg, and theatre director based in San Jose and Los Angeles. He graduated from USC in 2017 with a double major in Theatre and Narrative Studies, and while his focus is primarily in drama, he continues to explore screenwriting and poetry writing. He works for the Critical Studies department at the USC School of Dramatic Arts as a Course Assistant and prides himself as an educator as well as a working artist.

          Ryan discusses the art and technique of reciting poetry.

          James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

          Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

          Follow Ryan McRee on LinkedIn.

          28 min
        • Copyeditors and Perfecting Your Book's Manuscript

          This episode breaks down the critical importance and value of hiring a copyeditor to review your manuscript. The difference between a copyeditor and an editor is summarized.

          James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

          Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

          Brittany Smail, the copyeditor (editor, writer) mentioned in this episode, can be reached at: https://www.brittanysmail.com/. 

          6 min

        About Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

        From the publisher's feed

        The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast explores the art of poetry through interviews with poets and artists including Safia Elhillo, A.E. Stallings, Dana Gioia, Yanyi, Olivia Gatwood, Lisa Marie Simmons and more. The podcast also features monthly submitted poetry, read by the poets.